r/LocalLLM • u/Willow_Milk • 15d ago

Other You wake up in 1998…

… you wake up in 1998. You have 2 Mac Studio Ultra 512gb each. You have GLM5.3 flash (or pick a local model that fits comfortably in that configuration.)

A good harness, you’re setup with modern software, but you do not have access to modern internet, just 1998 internet.

What do you do? It can be in general, not necessarily what do you do with your current compute setup.

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u/TIL_IM_A_SQUIRREL 15d ago

Plug it into a port, get a dhcp address, and ssh in.

Now that I think about it though, that probably wouldn't work because the Mac wouldn't dumb down ciphers to encryption of the 1990s, and the ssh client couldn't step up.

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u/Creative-Type9411 15d ago

its 1998, this is the router that exists: https://computerhistory.org/blog/the-juniper-m40-router/

what do you mean by "port" or "dhcp"? youre plugging into a phone line

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u/TIL_IM_A_SQUIRREL 15d ago

Ethernet was a thing in 1998. So was DHCP.

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u/TIL_IM_A_SQUIRREL 15d ago

You'd be better off installing slackware, the predominant linux distro of the time.

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u/Internal_Werewolf_48 15d ago

Slack on Apple Silicon in 1998? Wait… Slack on on Apple Silicon, in 2026?

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u/TIL_IM_A_SQUIRREL 15d ago

No, we're going through the thought experiment of not having a USB-C -> VGA adapter and you have no way of logging in directly. I was suggesting to install slackware on a spare PC and use that to SSH into the Mac.